Master the Bible: How to Get and Keep the Big Picture of the Bible's Story

Chapter 1: The Way of the Rabb i

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3. He preached in the synagogues of the people, and confirmed his word with exorcisms of demons, Mark 1.38-39.

4. He preached God’s message of hope to the poor, Luke 7.22.

5. He both taught and preached in public, and often in the Temple, Luke 20.1.

D. He spoke as God’s prophet on the way of salvation.

1. He is the prophet that Moses foretold who would lead the people into Yahweh’s will, Deut. 18.18-19.

2. He was recognized as a prophet “mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,” Luke 24.19.

3. Christ’s miracles confirmed his identity as the Prophet God would bring into the world, John 6.14.

II. Jesus of Nazareth, Their Rabbi and Ours

Like the rabbis of his day, Jesus drew to himself disciples, whom he personally taught and commissioned to teach others.

During the Golden Age of Greece the young Plato could be seen strolling through the streets of Athens in pursuit of his master: the shabby, barefoot and brilliant Socrates. Here, probably, was the beginning of discipleship. Socrates wrote no books. His students listened intently to every word he spoke and watched everything he did in preparation to teach others. Apparently the system worked; Plato later founded the Academy, where philosophy and science continued to be taught for 900 years. Jesus used a similar relationship with the men He trained in order to spread the kingdom of God. His disciples were with Him day and night for three years. They listened to His sermons and memorized